Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Ministry of Health ...

Provided that a person who is working as a Food Inspector on the date of
commencement of the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2009, he may be notified as
Food Safety Officer under these rules and may hold office as such subject to the terms
and conditions of service applicable to him.
3. Qualifications of Food Analyst: -
A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Food Analyst unless he:-
(a) Holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry or Bio-chemistry or Food Technology
or Microbiology or Biotechnology or Food and Nutrition from a University
established in India by law or has an equivalent qualifications recognized and
notified by the Central Government or its authorized Agency for such
purposes and has not less than three years’ experience in the analysis of food.
(b) has been declared qualified for appointment as a Food Analyst by a Board
appointed and notified by the Food Authority for such purposes;
Provided that a person who is working as a public analyst on the date of
commencement of Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2008 may be notified as
Food Analyst under these rules and may hold office as such subject to the
terms and conditions of service applicable to him.
4. The manner of taking the extract of documents seized under sub-clause (8) of
Section 38 of FSS Act, 2006:-
(i) Any books of account or other documents found in possession of Food Business
Operator which would be useful for any investigation under this Act, may be
seized after approval of the Designated Officer.
(ii) Where any books of account or other documents are seized under sub-clause (8),
the Food Safety Officer shall within a period not exceeding thirty days from the
date of seizure, return the same to the person from whom they were seized after
copies thereof or extracts therefrom as certified by that person who shall sign the
copies of seized documents/book of account in the presence of independent
witness who has also signed the form of receipt of seizure in Form–I A, have
been retained by the concerned Food Safety Officer.
(iii) A receipt by a Food Safety Officer for the stock of any food / adulterant or for any
record, register, document or any other material object seized by him under subclause
(6)/ sub-clause(8) of Section 38 of Act shall be in Form-I A. The receipt
shall be issued by Food Safety Officer after it is duly signed by Food Business
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